An alternative to iPhone and Android: who is ScylarOS for?

Who ScylarOS suits

• You want an AI in your phone that makes calls, writes messages, adds appointments and finds files for you – with your name for it. More about your AI
• It matters to you that the language model and speech recognition run on the device and that a larger AI on servers is only used with your consent.
• You want services on servers in Germany and no advertising tracking.
• The built-in ScylarOS apps are enough for you – or apps from a free app catalogue via the optional Scylar app extension.

Who it doesn't suit (yet)

• You need certain well-known apps that rely on manufacturer services – banking, payments, copy-protected streaming. Many of them do not run or run only in part.
• You want to pay contactless with your phone. NFC is not available yet.
• You depend on 4G calling (VoLTE) with a particular carrier – it is not guaranteed with every one.
• You want your location sent to the control centre automatically on emergency calls. ScylarOS cannot do that yet.
• You want a phone with no account at the provider at all. A Scylar ID is required.

What is different

ScylarOS is not Android and not iOS. The interface, more than twenty in-house apps, the AI, the store and the services are developed by us; the kernel and device drivers come from open-source projects. ScylarOS runs on exactly one device, SCYLAR One. Updates come from our update server and are only installed once you agree – for 5 years from delivery. The differences in five points: Compare; the system explained: What is ScylarOS?

Price and device

SCYLAR One is a new Fairphone 5 with ScylarOS, set up by us: €849 including VAT, no subscription. Buying needs an access code, otherwise there is a waiting list; we currently deliver to Germany only. SCYLAR One in the shop (German)